§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which clubs have received funding, and how much, under the Community Club Development Awards Programme during 2003–04. [HL897]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)The Community Club Development Programme was launched in April 2003 and the first nine months have largely been about planning and bid preparation. To date, 11 awards have been made totalling £ 2,289,316. Of those awards, eight have gone to football clubs, two to tennis clubs and one to a rowing club. Only the award to Bradford Rowing Club has been publicly announced.
The national governing bodies of sport are currently awaiting acceptance of all the other awards offered to date. Once those acceptances are received they will then publicly announce the awards. As the noble Lord will appreciate, it would be inappropriate to release the names of those clubs in advance of this official public announcement.